Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times

Mikael Wood

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, CA, United States

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  • Los Angeles Times
  • The Union-Tribune
  • chicagotribune.com
  • Orlando Sentinel
  • The Morning Call
  • Hartford Courant
  • The Courier-Journal

Past articles by Mikael:

Ozzy Osbourne pulls out of Power Trip festival for health reasons

Ozzy Osbourne announced Monday that he'll no longer perform at the Power Trip festival set for October at Indio's Empire Polo Club. → Read More

Taylor Swift 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)': A user's guide

Taylor Swift's third studio LP remains a dense and sprawling collection of songs about a life — creative, professional and romantic — lived squarely in the spotlight. → Read More

Rick Froberg, singer for influential San Diego indie-rock band Drive Like Jehu, dies at 55

Froberg was a member of the bands Pitchfork, Hot Snakes and Obits, but was best known as frontman for the '90s post-hardcore group Drive Like Jehu. → Read More

Olivia Rodrigo makes glorious return with 'Vampire'

'Vampire' is the first taste from 'Guts,' the feverishly anticipated sophomore album she's set to drop in September, more than two years after her smash debut. → Read More

'The Idol' is hot garbage. Will its stench cling to the Weeknd?

Mercifully, the HBO series about a pop star and her Svengali wraps Sunday, but not before tarnishing the reputation of co-creator and co-star Abel Tesfaye. → Read More

Grammy Awards announce dates for 2024 ceremony and nominations reveal

The 66th Grammys Awards will take place at downtown L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024, while nominations will be announced on Nov. 10. → Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea on God, podcasting and fatherhood

At 60, Flea shows no signs of slowing down: He has a podcast whose finale drops Thursday, a Chili Peppers' stadium tour and a new infant son. → Read More

Trans rights are under attack. Kim Petras fights back with more pop bangers about sex

Kim Petras' new 'Feed the Beast' LP is unapologetic: About pop, about ambition, about sex. 'Me and my friends pride ourselves on being sluts. Everyone should.' → Read More

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus top list of 40 best songs of 2023 so far

It's been a spectacular half-year for regional Mexican acts, "Fast Car" and Taylor Swift. → Read More

The 8 best things we saw at the historic Joni Mitchell concert at the Gorge

For nearly three hours on Saturday night, Mitchell, Brandi Carlile and friends brought alive one of the great songbooks in popular music. → Read More

Joni Mitchell at the Gorge: Live updates from her first full concert in 20 years

Mitchell, who suffered an aneurysm in 2015, shocked fans by performing at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival. Tonight will mark her first full concert in two decades. → Read More

How Jenny Lewis found happiness when she least expected it

'My 40s are kicking my ass / And handing ’em to me in a margarita glass,' the indie-rock star sings on her new album, recorded in her second home of Nashville. → Read More

Seal says singing 'Kiss From a Rose' is a 'minefield'

Seal and his producer recount holing up in Fryman Canyon to record his signature hit ‘Kiss From a Rose’ and why the Brits are a 'bit crap' at soul music. → Read More

10 perfect Cynthia Weil songs

From Brill Building-era classics to '80s quiet-storm staples, Weil's songs, many written with husband Barry Mann, became part of the fabric of American life. → Read More

Dave Burd, Gata on 'Dave' finale with Brad Pitt, Drake

How do you cap a season filled with scene-stealing celebrity cameos? Get Hollywood's most famous actor and music's most famous rapper for your finale. → Read More

Tina Turner shouldn't be defined just by what she endured

As she put it night after night singing 'Proud Mary': 'I never lost one minute of sleeping worrying about the way that things might have been.' → Read More

Tuesday was gray, but for Cure fans, it was all love at the Hollywood Bowl

The Cure’s live show, its first in seven years here, felt like this summer’s black-mascara counterpart to Taylor Swift’s splashy and bedazzled Eras tour. → Read More

Taylor Swift announces deluxe version of 'Midnights'

A new version of 'Midnights,' on sale tomorrow, will contain remixes with Ice Spice and Lana Del Rey and could challenge Morgan Wallen for top spot on LP chart. → Read More

The Kinks' Ray Davies on the song to play at his funeral

Davies leads a guided tour through his band's catalogue of classic hits, near-hits and the songs that makes him think about his mum and dad. → Read More

With help from Brandi Carlile and Shane McAnally, queer pioneer Brandy Clark looks beyond Nashville

Clark, an in-demand Music Row songwriter as well as a Tony nominee for 'Shucked,' teamed with Brandi Carlile for her new, more Americana-leaning album. → Read More